1940 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1940
| team = Oklahoma A&M Cowboys
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Missouri Valley Conference
| short_conf = MVC
| record = 6–3–1
| conf_record = 4–1
| head_coach = Jim Lookabaugh
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain =
| stadium = Lewis Field
}}
{{1940 Missouri Valley Conference football standings}}
The 1940 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma A&M College in the 1940 college football season. This was the 40th year of football at A&M and the second under Jim Lookabaugh. The Cowboys played their home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 6–3–1, 4–1 in the Missouri Valley Conference.{{cite web|title=1940 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule and Results
|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=November 1, 2017|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/oklahoma-state/1940-schedule.html}}
Oklahoma A&M was ranked at No. 80 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.{{cite news|title=Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings|newspaper=The Boston Globe|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 19, 1940|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123126338/final-1940-litkenhous-ratings/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| timezone = Central
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 20
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1940|team=Central State Bronchos|title=Central State (OK)}}
| site_stadium = Lewis Field
| site_cityst = Stillwater, OK
| score = 25–6
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 27
| w/l = t
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = Texas Tech
| site_stadium = Taft Stadium
| site_cityst = Oklahoma City, OK
| score = 6–6
| attend = 9,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 5
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Oklahoma
| site_stadium = Lewis Field
| site_cityst = Stillwater, OK
| gamename = Bedlam Series
| score = 27–29
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 12
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Wichita
| site_stadium = Lewis Field
| site_cityst = Stillwater, OK
| score = 26–6
| attend = 4,500
| source = {{cite news|title=Cowboys Defeat Shockers: Wheatshockers Are Threshed By Aggies|newspaper=The Daily O'Collegian|date=October 13, 1940|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120911880/cowboys-defeat-shockers-wheatshockers/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 19
| time = 2:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Washington University
| site_stadium = Lewis Field
| site_cityst = Stillwater, OK
| score = 53–12
| attend = 7,000
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Varsity Ready for First Valley Game |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/stillwater-daily-press/127728013/ |newspaper=Stillwater Daily Press |location=Stillwater, Oklahoma |date=October 18, 1940 |page=6 |access-date=July 6, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Charvat |first=Jack |title=Aggies Crush Bears |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tulsa-tribune/127727865/ |newspaper=Tulsa Tribune |location=Tulsa, Oklahoma |date=October 20, 1940 |page=1S |access-date=July 6, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Charvat |first=Jack |title=Washington Is No Match For Aggie Eleven (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tulsa-tribune/127727918/ |newspaper=Tulsa Tribune |location=Tulsa, Oklahoma |date=October 20, 1940 |page=2S |access-date=July 6, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 26
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Arizona
| site_stadium = Phoenix Union High School
| site_cityst = Phoenix, AZ
| score = 0–24
| attend = 9,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-arizona-republic-arizona-stuns-oklah/169517470/|work=The Arizona Republic|title=Arizona stuns Oklahoma, 24–0|date=October 27, 1940|accessdate=April 3, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 2
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Creighton
| site_stadium = Creighton Stadium
| site_cityst = Omaha, NE
| score = 20–14
| source = {{cite news|title=Jays Can't Catch Jim Reynolds|newspaper=Sunday World-Herald|author=Howard Wolff|date=November 3, 1940|pages=1B, 5B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120537739/jays-cant-catch-jim-reynolds/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 9
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1940|team=Washburn Ichabods|title=Washburn}}
| site_stadium = Lewis Field
| site_cityst = Stillwater, OK
| score = 33–14
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 16
| w/l = w
| opponent = Saint Louis
| site_stadium = Lewis Field
| site_cityst = Stillwater, OK
| score = 14–7
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 23
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Tulsa
| site_stadium = Skelly Field
| site_cityst = Tulsa, OK
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 6–19
| attend = 8,500
| source = {{cite news|title=Tulsa Stalls Aggies, 19 to 6: Punchers Ride Once, Then Saddle Slips; Dobbs Thaws Out for Neat Job As Valley Crown Is Captured|newspaper=The Daily Oklahoman|date=November 24, 1940|page=1B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120483187/tulsa-stalls-aggies-19-to-6-punchers/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
References
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